{"id":1908,"date":"2019-01-26T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chewett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2019-01-20T23:36:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T23:36:50","slug":"install-apache-as-a-service-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chewett.co.uk\/blog\/1908\/install-apache-as-a-service-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Apache as a Service on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today I share how you can install the Apache webserver as a Windows service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why install Apache as a service?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By installing Apache as a service you are able to have it start automatically on boot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to this, running Apache as a windows service allows you to easily restart it. When running as a service you can monitor the program through the services panel in Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing Apache as a Windows Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To install Apache as a service you need to use an admin command prompt. This can be opened by typing cmd<\/code> in the search bar and right clicking it to select “Run as administrator”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the command window is open you need to cd<\/code> into the bin directory of the apache folder. This is the folder that holds httpd.exe<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To install the service with the default name, run the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

httpd.exe -k install<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
By default, for Apache 2.4 this will a service with the name “Apache2.4”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To install the service with a custom name, use the -n<\/code> flag. In the below example I have called my service “Apache HTTP Server”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
httpd.exe -k install -n \"Apache HTTP Server\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Using these commands you can install Apache as a Windows service to help manage it and run at start up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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